Clifford R Langley
Military
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Object Number - UPL 22900 - SSgt. Clifford Ray "Cap" Langley. 306BG, 369BS. Tail Gunner.
12 December 1942 sub pen at Rouen France. My grandfather was tail end Charlie onboard the 'Wahoo'. Was strafed from below by enemy aircraft. Left .50 gun destroyed. Left wrist, leg and head hit by cannon; badly wounded. Destroyed same E/A. He flew on Lt. Robert P. Riordan crew. Stationed at Thurleigh from Sept 1942-Dec 1942.
Purple Heart,Silver Star, Air Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38050606 / O-437878
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lebanon Junction, Kentucky | 27 March 1913 | |
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Died |
6 April 2009 | ||
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Buried |
Winchester, Kentucky |
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
